Table 133. | Scholastic Assessment Test score averages, by race/ethnicity: 1986-87 to 1999-2000 |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Score change Racial/ethnic | | | | | | | |_________________________________________ background |1986-87|1987-88|1995-96|1996-97|1997-98|1998-99|1999-2000|1986-87|1995-96|1987-88|1996-97|1998-99 | | | | | | | | to | to | to | to | to | | | | | | | |1996-97|1996-97|1997-98|1997-98|1999-2000 ____________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ____________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________ SAT-Verbal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | All students .....| 507 | 505 | 505 | 505 | 505 | 505 | 505 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________ White ..............| 524 | 522 | 526 | 526 | 526 | 527 | 528 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 Black ..............| 428 | 429 | 434 | 434 | 434 | 434 | 434 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 Hispanic or Latino .| 464 | 463 | 465 | 466 | 461 | 463 | 461 | 2 | 1 | -2 | -5 | -2 Mexican American ...| 457 | 459 | 455 | 451 | 453 | 453 | 453 | -6 | -4 | -6 | 2 | 0 Puerto Rican .......| 436 | 431 | 452 | 454 | 452 | 455 | 456 | 18 | 2 | 21 | -2 | 1 Asian American .....| 479 | 482 | 496 | 496 | 498 | 498 | 499 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 American Indian ....| 471 | 471 | 483 | 475 | 480 | 484 | 482 | 4 | -8 | 9 | 5 | -2 Other ..............| 480 | 485 | 511 | 512 | 511 | 511 | 508 | 32 | 1 | 26 | -1 | -3 | | | | | | | | | | | | SAT-Mathematical |=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=========|=======|=======|=======|=======|========= | | | | | | | | | | | | All students .....| 501 | 501 | 508 | 511 | 512 | 511 | 514 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 3 |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________ White ..............| 514 | 514 | 523 | 526 | 528 | 528 | 530 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 Black ..............| 411 | 418 | 422 | 423 | 426 | 422 | 426 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 Hispanic or Latino .| 462 | 463 | 466 | 468 | 466 | 464 | 467 | 6 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 3 Mexican American ...| 455 | 460 | 459 | 458 | 460 | 456 | 460 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 4 Puerto Rican .......| 432 | 434 | 445 | 447 | 447 | 448 | 451 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 3 Asian American .....| 541 | 541 | 558 | 560 | 562 | 560 | 565 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 5 American Indian ....| 463 | 466 | 477 | 475 | 483 | 481 | 481 | 12 | -2 | 17 | 8 | 0 Other ..............| 482 | 487 | 512 | 514 | 514 | 511 | 514 | 32 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 3 ____________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________ |
NOTE: Scholastic Assessment Test was formerly known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Possible scores on each part of the SAT range from 200 to 800. SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, National Report on College-Bound Seniors, various years. (Copyright @ 2000 by the College Entrance Examination Board. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared September 2000.)
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